CVE-2021-3271

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-3271
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-02-18 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-02-24 14:45:00 UTC
DescriptionPressBooks 5.17.3 contains a cross-site scripting (XSS). Stored XSS can be submitted via the Book Info's Long Description Body, and all actions to open or preview the books page will result in the triggering the stored XSS.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-79

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Pressbooks Pressbooks All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2021-3271 Pressbooks Stored Cross Site Scripting Proof of Concept | GoSecure MISC www.gosecure.net Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Fix XSS security vulnerability by arzola · Pull Request #2072 · pressbooks/pressbooks · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
GitHub - pressbooks/pressbooks: Open publishing. Open web. Open source. MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
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